Chapter 186 The meeting at the Pig Head Bar (second update)
Author: Kakemaekawa
Chapter 186 The meeting at the Pig Head Bar (second update)
Hogshead Pub, Hogsmeade.
Li Chuan and Newt walked out of the fireplace and dusted themselves vigorously.
"Today is Saturday, Dumbledore is usually here."
As Newt spoke, he turned around to look for something in the bar, and soon a smile appeared on his face.
"Look, there he is!"
Looking where Newt's finger pointed, Li Chuan saw a middle-aged bearded male wizard wearing a knitted sweater with a shirt on his upper body and suit pants on his lower body.
It was Albus Dumbledore who was in middle age and at the peak of his magical abilities.
Albus was obviously aware of the presence of the two of them. He put down the honey beer in his hand and waved to the two of them in surprise.
"Dumbledore!"
"Professor Dumbledore!"
Newt and Li Chuan quickly stepped forward to say hello to Dumbledore.
At this time, the relationship between the two people and Dumbledore can be seen just by their names.
Although Newt and Tom Foley, the predecessor of Li Chuan's body, both attended Hogwarts and were taught Defense Against the Dark Arts by Dumbledore.
But it is obvious that the relationship between Newt and Dumbledore is more like a friend than a teacher and student, so he always calls Dumbledore by his first name when he sees him.
Newt is a Hufflepuff, and Dumbledore is a Gryffindor. Originally, the two of them should not have any additional friendship apart from the normal teacher-student relationship. After all, they are not in the same college, but only teach a single course.
Moreover, when Newt was still in school, he was expelled from school for taking the blame for his sister-in-law, whom he had a crush on.
It's just that Dumbledore particularly admired Newt's character, so he liked this student extra.
When Newt was fired, he also tried his best to help. Although he still failed to prevent Newt from being fired in the end, he also helped Newt retain the right to continue using the wand to cast spells.
Li Chuan knew from Tom's memory that Tom, a Slytherin student, was just a very inconspicuous figure in Dumbledore's twenty-year teaching career.
So when he saw Dumbledore, he still addressed him in a more polite manner.
"Newt, would you take the initiative to come and see me? This is a rare thing."
Dumbledore first greeted Newt happily, then looked at Li Chuan next to him, looked up and down and said with a smile:
"You must be Tom. I have an impression of you. I still remember that when I was learning how to fight against Boggarts, what I was most afraid of was the three-headed rune snake, because I was frightened by it when I accidentally entered Knockturn Alley when I was a child.
been."
"Professor, your memory is so good. It has been so many years and you still remember it so clearly."
Li Chuan smiled, looking very surprised.
What Dumbledore said was correct. It was basically consistent with the memory of his original body, Tom, but that didn't mean that Dumbledore really cared about his original body.
It's just that Dumbledore has an almost photographic memory.
Dumbledore can become the world's top master, proficient in all kinds of magic, alchemy, and almost all the languages of humans and magical creatures in the world. It would be impossible without a good memory.
The reason why he is so close now is because he values the strength he has shown in New York, so he deliberately said this.
Although he is the White Devil, Dumbledore is different from the simple Newt. In addition to his wisdom beyond ordinary people, he also has extremely high emotional intelligence. Dumbledore actually knows when to say what kind of words.
"Your talent in herbal medicine has always been good, but I didn't expect that your magic power has improved a lot after graduation. Albusford, bring us three glasses of butterbeer and some toffee finger biscuits."
Dumbledore patted Li Chuan on the shoulder to show his intimacy, and then shouted to his brother at the bar.
He is now in a rather awkward position. He has to stop Grindelwald, but because the Blood Alliance cannot take action personally, he is not trusted by the Ministry of Magic. He can only find ways to unite all the forces around him that can be united.
He secretly arranged for Newt to go to New York to send Thunderbird home, and the purpose was also to prevent Grindelwald from finding Obscurus, who might be his nephew.
But he didn't expect that Grindelwald would be sent to prison together by Newt, an Auror from the New York Ministry of Magic, and Tom Foley, a wizard who had never entered his eyes.
The key may be that his nephew, Credence, who has the blood of the Dumbledore family, was actually adopted by Tom Foley in the end.
That's why he mentioned in his letters to Newt several times that he wanted to meet Tom Foley. If Tom Foley could strive to join his camp, he would have another chance of winning against Grindelwald.
By the way, we can further verify whether Credence is the son of his brother Albusford.
Just like that, the three of them were sitting in the Pig's Head Bar, drinking beer and eating toffee finger cakes while chatting animatedly.
Li Chuan and Dumbledore were mainly chatting, while Newt was mostly listening. He was not good at chatting.
"Professor, I know that you are the only wizard in the entire magical world who can compete with Grindelwald. Why are you unwilling to take action yourself?"
After chatting and feeling that the relationship was much closer, Li Chuan asked pretending to be confused.
Newt, who usually listened to the two chatting, couldn't help but prick up his ears.
Dumbledore looked at Li Chuan and knew that if he wanted to win over this very capable student to help, he would definitely not be able to do it without confessing something.
So he also began to talk about the love, hate and sadness between himself and Grindelwald, as well as some of his life experiences.
In fact, the story starts with his sister Ariana. When she was six years old, she was attacked by three Muggle boys. She was left with a shadow in her heart and refused to learn magic anymore, so she became Obscurus.
In order to help his sister vent her anger, her father taught three Muggle boys a lesson for violating the Statute of Secrecy and was imprisoned in Azkaban, where they finally died of illness.
So he didn't have a good impression of Muggles at first, and was even a supporter of anti-Muggle wizards.
He was extremely talented and originally planned to make a career in the wizarding world after graduation, but because his mother was accidentally killed by his sister's outbreak of Obscurus, he had to return to Godric's Hollow to take care of his sister.
At that time, he met Grindelwald who came to the valley to look for the Deathly Hallows. The two hit it off and made a blood pact that could not harm each other, and they were determined to leave the valley together to carry out a great magical reform.
At this time, his brother Albusford, who came back from school, discovered all this. He objected to his brother's neglect of taking care of his sister and went to carry out magical reforms with Grindelwald.
Grindelwald directly cast the Cruciatus Curse on Albusford, and Dumbledore tried to stop it, so it became a melee between the three.
When his sister Ariana tried to help, she was hit by a curse and died in the chaos. This made Dumbledore regret his life and began to review everything about himself.
After traveling in wizarding and Muggle society for several years, he completely gave up his initial extreme ideas and returned to Hogwarts to become an ordinary teacher.